Skärblacka

Skärblacka is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 4,059 inhabitants in 2010.[1] In everyday use, the town is known as simply Blacka.

Skärblacka
Skärblacka is located in Östergötland
Skärblacka
Skärblacka
Skärblacka is located in Sweden
Skärblacka
Skärblacka
Coordinates: 58°34′N 15°54′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceÖstergötland
CountyÖstergötland County
MunicipalityNorrköping Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total4,059
 • Density1,043/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Until 1971, the town was the administrative centre of Skärblacka municipality, and had a relatively well built-up centre, with an ice rink, swimming pool and secondary school.

Riksdag elections

Skärblacka used to be a strongly left-wing area with an industrial heritage. Throughout the early 21st century, however, the vote share for the Social Democrats fell substantially, which saw the right-leaning parties gain more votes than the leftist ones in 2018 after the village had a 40-point left-wing cushion just 16 years prior. Unlike many other industrial villages in the greater region surrounding Skärblacka, the voting population has remained at steady levels ever since it entered Norrköping Municipality in the early 1970s. Between 1973 and 2018 Skärblacka went from being 46 points more left-wing than the national average to leaning slightly right of said average.

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[2] 91.7 2,600 4.0 67.8 16.3 4.2 2.2 5.4 71.8 25.9
1976[3] 93.5 2,852 2.8 66.0 16.2 5.8 1.8 7.4 68.8 29.3
1979[4] 92.1 2,897 3.9 64.7 11.8 7.8 2.3 11.5 68.6 30.1
1982[5] 91.8 2,911 4.2 65.0 1.1 10.1 3.6 2.6 13.3 69.2 27.1
1985[6] 91.2 2,899 3.7 63.6 0.8 9.7 9.5 12.6 67.3 31.8
1988[7] 87.8 2,736 4.5 61.4 4.1 7.8 8.0 3.1 10.8 70.1 26.6
1991[8] 87.1 2,658 4.3 55.1 2.4 5.0 5.0 6.6 13.4 7.0 59.4 30.0
1994[9] 87.7 2,822 6.4 60.9 3.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 13.8 1.2 70.9 26.3
1998[10] 80.8 2,475 11.2 53.4 3.5 2.9 1.9 9.2 15.2 68.2 29.3
2002[11] 80.5 2,429 6.9 58.6 2.9 3.7 8.7 7.5 9.7 1.3 68.5 29.7
2006[12] 83.0 2,461 5.8 52.4 3.1 4.7 4.2 5.9 16.5 3.1 61.3 31.2
2010[13] 87.2 2,534 5.1 43.3 4.4 4.1 5.2 4.4 25.3 6.7 52.7 39.0
2014[14] 87.0 2,589 3.4 40.6 3.6 4.4 2.5 4.1 17.7 21.7 47.6 28.7
2018[15] 87.3 2,589 5.9 35.1 2.5 5.1 3.1 5.6 16.1 25.4 48.7 50.2

Communication

Skärblacka has a train and bus station on the Kimstad – Finspång line, Norrköping, Finspång and Linköping.

Industry

The main employers are the paper factory, part of BillerudKorsnäs. They mostly produce paper for bags, sacks and wallpaper. The factory was opened in 1872, but today's industry was built up in the 1960s. Many of the town's inhabitants commute to Norrköping and Finspång.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Skärblacka:

References
  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  3. "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  4. "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. "Norrköpings norra valkrets - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  12. "Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Norrköpings norra valkrets" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  13. "Norrköpings södra valkrets - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. "Norrköpings södra valkrets - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. "Norrköpings södra valkrets - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.



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